chasten
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名词:chastener 动词过去式:chastened 过去分词:chastened 现在分词:chastening 第三人称单数:chastens
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be moderate settle down keep the peace relent moderate soften mitigate temper mollify blunt subdue chasten lessen decrease check palliate tranquilize pacify assuage appease mellow chastisement chastening correction castigation discipline infliction judgment penalty retribution just desserts
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chasten
/'tʃeɪsn; `tʃesn/
v [Tn]
1 punish (sb) in order to correct or improve; discipline 惩罚（某人）（使之改正或改进）; 惩戒.
2 subdue (sb); restrain 遏制（某人）; 制止
*a chastening experience 使人抑制的感受
* He was chastened by his failure. 他因失败而一蹶不振.
v [Tn]
1 punish (sb) in order to correct or improve; discipline 惩罚（某人）（使之改正或改进）; 惩戒.
2 subdue (sb); restrain 遏制（某人）; 制止
*a chastening experience 使人抑制的感受
* He was chastened by his failure. 他因失败而一蹶不振.
chasten
v [T usually passive]formal
[Date: 1500-1600; Origin: chaste 'to chasten' (12-17 centuries), from Old French chastier, from Latin castigare; CASTIGATE]
to make someone realize that their behaviour was wrong or mistaken
Party workers have returned to their home towns, chastened by their overwhelming defeat.
>chasteningadj
a chastening experience
[Date: 1500-1600; Origin: chaste 'to chasten' (12-17 centuries), from Old French chastier, from Latin castigare; CASTIGATE]
to make someone realize that their behaviour was wrong or mistaken
Party workers have returned to their home towns, chastened by their overwhelming defeat.
>chasteningadj
a chastening experience
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